The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
6:16 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.70° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.26° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.